The sheep-lion
There's a famous story about the lion who came upon a flock of sheep and to his amazement found a lion among the sheep.
It was a lion who had been brought up by the sheep ever since he was a cub.
It would bleat like a sheep and run around like a sheep.
The lion went straight for him, and when the sheep lion stood in front of the real one, he trembled in every limb.
And the lion said to him, "What are you doing among the sheep?"
And the sheep-lion said, "I am a sheep."
And the lion said, "Oh no, you're not.
You're coming with me."
So he took the sheep-lion to a pool and said, "Look!"
And when the sheep-lion looked at his reflection in the water, he let out a mighty roar, and in that moment he was transformed.
He was never the same again.
Awareness
Anthony de Mello
